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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER J. LUMSDEN, OF SHEBOYGAN FALLS, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO OSBORNE E. SULLY, OF SAME PLACE.

COW-TAIL HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,665, dated June '7, 1881.

' Application filed April 23, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom at may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER J. LUMs- DEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sheboygan Falls, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cow -Tail Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable'others skilled in to the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accom pan ying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. This invention has for its object to furnish a simple and convenient device for holding the tails of cows.

It consists in a single wire or metallic rod bent so as to form a spring-coil between its ends, and having the ends carried outward from opposite sides of the coil and parallel, or nearly parallel, with each other, one of said ends being bent back upon itself and adapted to lock in the spring-coil, forming an arm with 2 5 an open eye in its outer end, while the other end of the rod is bent at right angles to itself and is carried through the eye in the end of the parallel arm, and is then bent inward and rests against the outer side of said parallel arm, as will be hereinafter fully explained.

In the drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are side views of my device, and Fig. 3 an edge view.

A is the holder, made from a single wire or rod, to, of any suitable metal. The rod is bent 5 at a proper point between its ends into acoil, a, which serves as a spring to give strength to its gripe or holding power. The coil is formed at a point, so as to leave one end of the wire lower than the other, and the two ends are carried outward from opposite sides of the coil and parallel, or nearly parallel, with each;

other, so as to be wide enough apart to give space for the free operation of the device. The longer end a is bent at or nearits middle into 5 an eye,|a and is doubled back uponitself, and has its extremity a caught in the coil a, and it thus forms a substantial arm, A, provided with an eye or loop, a in its outer end. The extremity a is carried back and caught in the manner described, so as to be out of the way and make the arm A double. The rod could be made shorter, and the extremity a would not reach back to the coil, but lie against the, side of the rod between the eye and. coil. This would render the arm A weaker than is desirable for most cows. By looking the end in the coil a stiff arm is provided and the efficiency of the device greatly increased. The other or shorter arm, A is bent near its outer end at right angles, so as to provide a connecting-sh-ank, b, which passes through the eye or loop a in the end of arm A, and it then has the part or end I) bent' back against the outer side of and into the trough-like space between the two rods composing the "arm A. The part I) is the clasp or holding arm, and it has its end I) slightly bent upward, so as to facilitate the fastening of the tail of the animal.

To the coil a a cord, wire, or other suitable 7o suspending device is fastened, by which the holder is hung in any suitable position to be within easy reach of the person, and so that it can be brought in proper position to be attached to and hold the tail of the cow. 7 5

The long hairs on the end of the tail are slipped between the clasp I) and the arm A, as shown, and are held securely. The tail is readily released by pressing the arms A and A toward each other,which movement opens the clasp b fromthe arm A and lets the tail drop out.

Having described my invention, whatIclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- A cow-tail holder composed of a single rod 8 5 or wire bent into a coil intermediately between its ends, and having its ends carried out from the coil', forming arms, one of which is provided at its outer end with an eye or loop, and the other of which is bent to form a shank, which passes through the eye and is bent back along the outer side of the opposite arm, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER J. LUMSDEN.

Witnesses: a

W. O. THOMAS, CHAS. H. THOMAS. 

